[Jewelry making - Article 01455] - Re: [Orchid] Beware when buying on eBay

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>     He doesn't have formal training in identifying stones but he claims
>     he is getting amazing deals. "Amazing deals" like multi-thousand
>     dollar stones for a couple hundred. I wonder if it's all "too good
>     to be true". 

    Oh for goodness sakes! If it walks like a duck, quacks like a
    duck... it is a duck. 

    Of course it is too good to be true; let alone to have it happen
    multiple times. If he is so pleased with his amazing deals, have him
    take some of they money he has saved on them and have the stones
    appraised by a GIA certified gemologist. 

    $10 says the "amazing" part falls into the seller's ability to get
    people to pay the hundreds. 

    Cameron 

    p.s., Do not get me wrong, I happen to like Ebay but I stay within
    the realm of things I know about: American 1800's sterling; some
    antiques and some vintage jewelry. I operate under Caveat Emptor at
    all times; as I would at any live auction house; flea market, etc.,
    etc. 

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